BigTrunks. Tiny Tales. For Animal Lovers Aged 5-7

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1 BigTrunks Tiny Tales For Animal Lovers Aged 5-7

2 Big HOW TO Trunks TEACH WITH TINY TALES Teaching Guide Print out or display the stories on an interactive whiteboard and bookmark them on computers for use in small groups. Read the stories along with your students. If they are non-readers, read the stories aloud. You may want to have emergent readers read text on the bold-faced lines on the pages; then you read aloud the rest of the text. Print out the activity masters that accompany each article and distribute them to students as you teach each article which you may wish to do over a series of days. Cover: Big Trunks, Tiny Tales Have a discussion about the cover. Ask what animal students see. Read the cover headline to the class. Ask the class what they think Big Trunks, Tiny Tales means. Ask them to tell you from looking at the cover and thinking about the headline what the magazine will be about. What do they think they will learn about? Lesson 1: The Big Picture Explain that elephants are the largest land animals in the world, and that everything about them is big, including their ears, trunks, tusks and feet. (The tusks can be as long as 10 feet. An elephant s foot is three feet around.) These features help them survive in the wild. What makes elephants even more special is that they are among the smartest animals. Before Reading Begin a discussion by asking students to name some large types of animals. Have they ever seen an elephant in real life? Where? What do they know about elephants? What questions do they have about elephants? Read for Information (Sucks up water in its trunk and sprays itself) elephant eat in a day? (400 pounds) What must it be like to have to find 400 pounds of plant food every day? Start a Discussion What are some parts of the elephant that are very big? (Trunk, tusks) What part of their body is like a trunk? (Students point to nose and upper lip) Would they like to have a trunk? How does an elephant use its trunk? (To eat, drink, cool off) What part of a student s body is like a tusk? (Students might point to teeth, or specifically the two front teeth.) What do tusks do? (Lift things like tree trunks, dig for food and water) Key Vocabulary tusks: the long front teeth of an elephant. trunk: the long nose and upper lip of an elephant. Activity Print copies of the activity master Elephant Appetites, and give one to each student. Students answer questions about what elephants eat and then colour the picture. (Read the questions aloud and elicit oral answers from non-readers and early readers.) Lesson 2: Elephant Families This story explains that elephants form an extended family, called a herd. Unlike many other mammal species, such as lions or baboons, the leader of an elephant family is female. Called a matriarch, the herd leader is the biggest, oldest female. As with most animal species, the females take care of their young. But elephants will also take care of offspring not their own. The strong feelings of elephants for their young are similar to those of humans. Before Reading Encourage students to share what they know about families. animal family be made up of? Read for Information (Female) its mother s milk? (Two years) How tall is a baby elephant when it s born? (About three feet) How heavy is it? (About Start a Discussion life? Why or why not? similar to human families? (Adults care for and protect their young. Babies need the attention of adults. Young elephants like to play with each other. They learn from adults.) In what ways are they different? (Male elephants

3 always leave the family at a certain age. There are never adult males in an elephant family.) Key Vocabulary herd: a family of related elephants, made up of female adults and their offspring calf: a baby elephant matriarch: the female leader of a herd. She is the biggest and oldest mother. Activity Print the activity master The Elephant Family, and distribute to each student. Students match each word to its explanation and can then colour the picture. matriarch: the oldest mother and leader of the herd; herds: family groups; females: stay in their herds for life; males: calves: baby elephants Lesson 3: Taking Care of Dev This is a true story about a baby Asian elephant who was rescued in India after falling into a hole and losing his mother. Thanks to the IFAW wildlife rescue and injured baby elephants are cared for until they are able to survive on their own and can return to life in the wild. Before Reading parent. What did it feel like to be lost? Read for Information (They gave him medicine and washed him) What did the Start a Discussion happy at the center? return to the wild? Key Vocabulary keeper: having lost a parent or parents trumpeting elephant makes with its trunk. Activities Print copies of the activity master Baby Elephant and hand out to each student for colouring and to fill in the sentences at the bottom. Print the activity master Elephant Story for each student to create a story or poem. Lesson 4: Big Animals, Small Differences This page compares elephants in Africa and elephants in Asia. Most elephants in Africa are slightly bigger and because they generally live in a hotter climate than the Asian elephants, African elephants have more features that help keep them skin to retain water in the folds for cooling. Before Reading Where do they think elephants live? Read for Information elephant? (African). Which type of elephant has a round head? (Asian) Which type of elephant has longer tusks? (African) Start a Discussion Ask students why they think the two types of elephants look different. (Each is suited to its habitat.) Have students sum up what they ve learned by asking them why they think elephants are special animals. As them if they think it s important that we protect them, and why. Activities Print copies of Spot the Differences and Show What You Know, and hand out each to the students. Activity answers: African elephants have larger tusks; they are taller and heavier, and have bigger ears and more toes. 1. African, Asian, 2. plant, 3. herds, 4. matriarch, 5. oldest Just for Fun! Print copies of the activity master Jumbo Jumble and distribute to students. They will need scissors and tape to complete this activity. Print copies of the activity master, Quick on the Draw. It shows students how to draw a picture of an elephant.

4 THE Big PICTURE Elephants are big really big. They are smart too. Elephants are the largest land animals. Adults are about 10 feet tall. That s as tall as a basketball hoop. Some can weigh almost as much as six cars! Elephants have big teeth. Elephants have back teeth as big as bricks. The two long front teeth are called tusks. They can be 10 feet long! Elephants carry things with their tusks. They dig for water and food with tusks. Elephants have long noses called trunks. The trunk is used to smell, eat, drink, scratch, move things or greet friends. An elephant uses its trunk to suck up water. Then it squirts the water from the trunk into its mouth. An elephant also uses a trunk to pick up food and put it in its mouth.

5 Elephants use ears and trunks to stay cool. An elephant uses the trunk to give itself a shower. This cools it on hot days. Elephants cool, too. Elephants are smart. They know how to work together. They can even talk to each other by making different sounds. They have great memories. They remember family members they haven t seen in years. Elephants can be emotional. They make trumpet sounds when they are happy. They seem sad when loved ones die. They kiss or touch with their trunks to show affection. They are loyal and care for each other. Elephants do not eat meat. They eat plants lots of plants! They use their trunks to pick fruit and leaves from trees. They spend 16 to 20 hours a day eating. An elephant can eat 400 pounds of food a day.

6 Elephant FAMILIES The family group is called a herd. A herd is made of all the mother elephants and their babies. There might be six to They live alone or in small herds of males. Elephants can live for about 60 years. Taking Care of Baby A baby elephant is called a calf. Calves stay close to their mothers. They drink their mother s milk for at least two years. The calf likes to be touched often by its mother or a relative. This gives the baby comfort. Growing Up Baby elephants are three feet tall and weigh 250 pounds when they are born. Calves play. They bump into each other. They chase each other and pull tails. Calves learn by watching and doing what older elephants do.

7 Family members help each other. Adults teach young females how to care for their babies. The females learn by babysitting babies of different mothers. The family also works together to protect their young. Elephants care for their families, just as we do. Carry that Trunk! A calf sometimes sucks its trunk like a human baby it swings its trunk around wildly. It may even step on its own trunk! Mom Knows Best. The oldest and largest mother is the leader. She is called the matriarch. The herd walks in a line behind her. When she stops to rest, eat, or drink, the herd stops too. The matriarch keeps the herd safe.

8 A RESCUE FORDev its baby were looking for food. The baby fell into a cave. He was trapped between some rocks. He cried loud trumpeting sounds! He was afraid! He was hurt. The mother tried to help free her baby. But she got stuck too. In the morning, farmers found the elephants and called for help. People came to rescue the two elephants. They pulled the baby to safety. But they could not save the mother. She was too badly hurt. The rescuers brought the calf to a special place. It takes care of orphaned baby elephants and others who have gave him medicine. Helpers washed him to clean his wounds.

9 The baby was very sick. He also seemed very sad and lonely. He missed his mother. The people at the center named he would get bigger and stronger. blade of grass. He could finally eat other calves at the center. Now they healthy. the forest. He will join a herd of elephants in the wild. His helpers will be happy for him. They will also be sad, because they they enjoy his company. Every night someone makes sure to say sleep. the forest and friends!

10 Big Animals SMALL DIFFERENCES Not all elephants look the same. Some live in Africa, and others live in Asia. How can you tell them apart? These pictures will help you. Elephants in Asia Elephants in Africa p It is 8 to 10 feet tall. p It is about 10 feet tall. p Males weigh up to 11,000 pounds. p Males weigh up to 13,200 pounds. p The top of the head is round. p 4HE TOP OF THE HEAD IS ÛAT p It has smaller ears. p It has bigger ears. p The back is rounded. p 4HE BACK IS ÛAT p Only the males have short tusks. p Males and females have long tusks. p The back feet have three toes. The FRONT FEET HAVE FOUR OR ÚVE TOES p The back feet have four toes. The front FEET HAVE ÚVE TOES Just for Laughs Why do elephants have trunks? Because they would look silly with suitcases! How are a car, a tree and an elephant the same? They all have trunks! (OW DO YOU ÚND AN ELEPHANT Hide under a bush and squeak like a peanut! What is the same size as an elephant but weighs nothing? Its shadow. ª *'"8

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